Wow, what an awesome Class day we had yesterday.  We had a treat of chili instead of our usual special house burrito, and enough cupcakes for each student to have 3rds with some leftover, thanks to Ms. Alvarado for the chili and and Mrs. Simpson for the cupcakes.  Your hard work was a real blessing.  Happy Birthday to Aaron Bethea and Ezekial Vannoy.  We were all blessed to be able to share a moment of your special month with you.

 I for one had great class days in both my world lit. and world history.  The students did a great job summarizing for history and although it was pretty obvious that not a lot of people read for literature it was still a great discussion as we applied some of the principles from this book to our lives.  What I saw of middle school science in my time in there seemed to go well, Mrs. McCowan is a great teacher as well as Stephanie, her alter ego.  Also, congratulations to Monica who won the jeopardy game in Mrs. Alvarado's anatomy class with 200+ points.  Way to go! Mrs. Murrillo's students did a very interesting experiment with mold and yeast and quite a few of us got to take a look at the mold under the microscope.  A lot more of us moms found mold to contribute to  the cause than first expected.  I know it was very out of the ordinary to find mold in our homes, hehe, but way to go ladies, me included.  Thanks again to Mrs. Alvarado who stepped in to teach the Leadership class yesterday.  Great job from what I saw and heard!

We hope and pray that the Nacar boys, and Mrs. Bethea are all feeling better today.  Please continue praying for them.  Also be sure and pray for Mikayla and Briana's volley ball tournament/s this week.  Im not sure if the tournments have already happened or not but Im sure they can use our prayers no matter what even if only for a safe return home.  The Vannoys, Briana, the Nacars and Mrs. Bethea were certainly missed this week and we will all be glad to see you all back next Tuesday.

 BTW, I look forward to getting the student names, per our meeting discussion, from instructors this week.
 
Cleanup was a little harder this week with so many people missing, but as we worked together, we pulled it off.  Great job everyone.  A special thanks to the fellow who vacuumed the entire fellowship hall by himself.  That is usually reserved as a 2 man job, excellent work Jonathan Randle.  Thanks to Mrs. Cecil and Hosanna for stepping in for bathroom cleanup duty and thanks the nominated bathrooms moppers.  I dont think there was a floor that I didn't see Mrs. Cecil mop yesterday, what a whiz.  Special thanks always to Sandra who gets that sanctuary vacuumed first thing every Tuesday morning.  And of course thank you's go out to all who made an effort to pitch in.  You all rock!

Crazy hair/hat day was a hit and I was blessed to see so many people participate.  We had a little of everything.  Pictures to come so check back on the blog as new photos will definitely be posted.

Homework is as follows:

High School:

Spanish - Finish exercise 3.7 and short exercise on p. 39.  Read chapter 4 and complete exercise 4.1 at home.  Exercise 4.1 is just filling in numbers so it should not be challenging. 

W. History- Unit 9 lessons 41-45 Greek Civilization. No questions this week. Please write a brief one to two paragraph summary of the lesson you are assigned here. Jonathan A.: 41, Ezra: 41; Mikayla: 42, Elisha: 42; Jarrod: 43, Jonathan R.: 43; Jesse A.:44, Aaron V.: 44; Jake: 45. Make sure to include all the major points about the lesson. Please include at least 2 questions for the class in your summary of the chapter and of course you must have the answer to the questions you ask. 

W. Literature- Continue reading "Black Horses for the King". We are slowing this book down so you will now have 3 weeks to finish instead of 2.  This week you will need to read at least through the 2nd 3rd of the book.  I cant give specific pages as everyones book seems to be a little different.  Questions and vocabulary will be sent out.  Please read the grammar points at the end of each lesson in your history book as we will go over grammar points for lessons 35-45 and the vocabulary.

Biology- Module 4, pp. 117-120; study guide questions 11-20;  module 4 test

Anatomy-

Read MOD 4 second half, pg 107-118,

Vocab words p 121#1 Bring flash cards for each

Study Guide questions 1-27 as follows

JA- 2, 6, 10, 15, 19, 23, 27a, e

EC- 3 , 7, 11, 16, 20, 24, 27b,

ML- 4, 8, 12, 17, 21, 25, 27c

MV- 5, 9, 13, 14, 18, 22, 26, 27d

Please be ready to share your answers quickly so we can do the fun stuff!

I will email you the Bones group list that you are responsible for memorizing for the Open House, naming the bones, where found and function.Pg 115 CB Exercise 4:1 pg 22 - joints

Pg 118 CB Exercise 4:2 pg 23 - joints

Please READ IT, you may color also.

You all did great in our Jeopardy game especially Monica with a whopping 263 points! Your bones were so flexible (the chicken bones that is). Aren't you thankful we don't have rickets?

Next week we will take a look at red bone marrow and bone tissue. 

Leadership- Read ch. 9; Read and answer question pp. 225-250 of workbook. Be discussing and preparing for leadership projects as much as possible. For project suggestions you are also welcome to approach Pastor John to discuss what projects he would like done around the building where we meet for class day. 

Middle School:
Science- Read Module 15: The Human Lymphatic, Endocrine and Urinary Systems. We will do a sketch, experiment 15.1 and possibly 15.2, (please read through these experiments at home in prep for class). Complete science vocab for this chapter found in the syllabus for chapter 15. We will also do a fun experiment that Mrs. Randle has from module 13.

Latin- Lesson 7, review lesson pp. 22-23; make 3x5 cards for new vocabulary & first declension case endings, memorize pp. 20, review pp. 16, 73, 74, 75

American History-  Story of the Great Republic Read “Clinton’s Big Ditch” and “More Land Bought.” For each chapter, write down three events that were interesting to you and share with the class Tuesday

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Students wrote a draft for “The Star Spangled Banner.”  This week, they need to add the six dress-ups to the draft, then rewrite a final version to turn in Tuesday. The dress-ups are:

-          a who/which clause              a quality adjective

-          an –ly word                            a www.asia clause

-          a strong verb                         a because clause

American Literature- Begin "Voyage of Midnight" pp. 1-80.  Complete assignment per emailed document. That should come to you by tomorrow. 

Heres a few photos from yesterdays classes:

         

 

 

This weeks scripture is:
The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all His works. 
- Psalm 145:9

                                                                     

Next weeks presenters will be Mikayla Vannoy, Ariel Vannoy and Aaron Vannoy.

BTW, Sunday is Verterans Day. Honor  a Verteran by saying Thank You for their service.

Have a blessed and awesome rest of the week and keep the East coast in your prayers.
In Christ,
LaChrisha Randle